The association is the professional home for nearly 5,000 physicians, scientists and other health care professionals dedicated to the field of HIV/AIDS. Nested within the Infectious Diseases Society of America, HIVMA promotes quality in HIV care and advocates policies that ensure a comprehensive and humane response to the AIDS pandemic informed by science and social justice.

“The new members will bring a diversity of experience and perspectives to the Board,” said Melanie Thompson, MD, founder and principal investigator of the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta and the incoming Board Chair. “To a person they are passionate about improving HIV prevention and care delivery and committed to advancing the science and advocacy that will get us closer to ending the HIV epidemic. I look forward to working with them.”

This is an important designation for Dr. Feinberg given her roles as a professor of infectious diseases and chair of the Pilot Projects Core of the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She conducts clinical research with a current focus on HIV prevention, expanding harm reduction programs, and mentorship of junior investigators.